North West MEC for Health, Dr Magome Masike will hand over three health posts to communities of Ramabesa, Moshawane and Mayaiyane villages within the Ngaka Modiri Molema District in a ceremony organised for Friday, 8 July 2011 in Kraaipan village outside Mafikeng.
Health posts are not clinics, but are two-roomed facilities staffed by auxiliary nurses who provide basic health promotional and preventative services. These facilities provide a fixed structure from which mobile health clinics can render a more comprehensive primary health services on scheduled visits, complementing and supporting the mobile clinics.
The department has also added 11 new mobile clinics at a combined value of R2.2 million to its fleet of mobile clinics. This is in addition to 83 mobiles currently servicing North West communities not eligible for fully fledged clinics.
MEC Masike has committed himself to re-engineer Primary Healthcare (PHC) programme as part of improving the face of healthcare at local level. Masike says if the department succeeds with the re-engineering of PHC programme “we are set to solve many challenges, not only at PHC level but health in general”.
The MEC will also officially open Ratlou Youth Centre.
Members of the media are invited.
Enquiries:
Tebogo Lekgethwane
Department Spokesperson
Cell: 082 929 9958
E-mail: tlekgethwane@nwpg.gov.za
Health posts to be handed over to communities
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